we get to know two colonial operatives John and James, managing surveillance and propaganda respectively for the State. John and James were immortalized in the Gregorian 1600’s to build and maintain the hegemony of whiteness and American supremacy in the world. They are overseen by Mother and Uncle, who have yet to be fully revealed, and spend just as much time negotiating their relationship with each other as they do on their actual jobs. Get a glimpse into the real lives of 400 year old pals in 9 quick minutes…
What is…the white American male?
How many versions exist?
What might be gained from studying this subject?
What might be lost?
Does the subject wish to be studied?
Does it matter?
In ‘Wed, Sat, Sun’
White Vinegar: A Journey Through Stagnant Light
is an attempt by one white American male to dig deep into the subconscious realms of his own being to see just what fears and conditioning exist below the surface.
Violence, carried out in the name of God and destiny, undergirds all relations in America, unless it intentionally does not.
Through a series of video and photo art, White Vinegar explores some most basic norms of America, and proceeds to follow their threads back in time. Private property, the fence, the individual, and tech billionaires to name a few.
Limited to one man’s journey into self, held throughout by a group of superb collaborators, White Vinegar is an offering of fragments to potentially someday fit into a whole. Whether this is contributing to a transformed America or something else entirely is yet to be known. But we can start to find out…